Christmas morning accipiter

[jeffandheidi]

Merry Christmas!

I thought male coopers when I first grabbed the camera, but the beak looks tiny, the eyes look big, and the legs are twiggy. What do you think?
http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8531.jpg

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8525.jpg

[frootdog]

Sharp-shinned

[jeffandheidi]

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8529.jpg
http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8527.jpg

[jeffandheidi]

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8528.jpg
http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/Christmas%202010/100_8530.jpg
Hard to tell through a zoomed in camera screen, definitely easier to tell once they are uploaded on the computer. Wish there were more of these little guys in Missouri.

[Bryant Tarr]

Nice Sharpie

[wgtail]

Nice, look at all that snow. Let's get out and chase something in it. :)

[kurt]

More hawks in the area than I've ever seen. Wee Man even crabbed with a Goshawk behind Target last weekend. I had zero luck when I tried trapping it though. Kurt

[Meagan]

Wow, you guys sure did get a ton of snow up that way? I assume you are living in the northern part of the state? Down here in the South West corner we got little flurries, nothing really that stuck. :( Beautiful pictures!

[jeffandheidi]

Hey Meagan, I'm in Union, just west of STL. We only ended up with about 3 inches. The camera was zoomed in as far as I could get it and still focus. She was sitting on top of a porch swing yesterday and directly above one of the feeders today.http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8534.jpg
The pic isn't very good since it was between blinds, through a screen with the flash turned off, but you can see the characteristic sharpie tail. She saw me when I was trying to get a better shot:http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8536.jpg

[jeffandheidi]

More hawks in the area than I've ever seen. Wee Man even crabbed with a Goshawk behind Target last weekend. I had zero luck when I tried trapping it though. Kurt

I know what you mean about all the hawks, literally every fence post in some areas.

Check your PMs, I'm off this week, we should go hawking.

-Jeff

[jeffandheidi]

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8586.jpg

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8588.jpg

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8589.jpg

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8590.jpg

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/bugsmasher7/100_8591.jpg

[everetkhorton]

Nice Jeff, thanks for posting!

[sevristh]

I'd be giving her a baggie quail and flying a sharpie over the next year! ;)